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- Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:01 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Choosing a Tent Style
- Replies: 72
- Views: 1954
Remember, you can't push furniture or boxes up against the side of your tent. It will cause the water to wick through. Nothing should touch the sides of your tent (Or so I am told...I haven't tried it to test the rumor). As a former An Tirian, let me assure you that this is 100% true. :D -Derian. I...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:07 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Meet Yosko ;)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1438
- Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:52 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: craziest weapon or armour stories you have heard
- Replies: 192
- Views: 9027
Oh yeah, I had a guy with a split ring japanese hauberk explane to me that japanese mail was so well tempered that it could stop musket balls He looked somewhat dumfounded when I asked about the impact (ft lbs) tranmitted into his body. I didn't want to point out that a musket ball can fragment qui...
- Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:39 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Motto or Camp Name signs ( market research )
- Replies: 20
- Views: 796
- Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:09 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: I like combat archery
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1455
You can be effective loosing volleys with fewer people. Yesterday, at out monthly drill, we began expanding on manouver of archers with pikes, and volly firing, both in offensive and defensive actions, volly fire, advance closer to contact, loose more vollys, then pikes and archers move to contact,...
- Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:12 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: I like combat archery
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1455
I'm just chuckling while I picture someone following Maeryk's advice and fielding a unit of 200+ archers for the field battle at Pennsic. :) Honestly, I think that'd be awesome to see. And man alive would I be glad to have a shield that day...! I dream of this day. I want to see one battle where we...
- Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:40 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Fabrication of a Medieval style padlock. Very Pic intensive
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1194
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:17 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Knee cops over braces
- Replies: 10
- Views: 624
I wear one. I've found having the metal cop one size higher helps - mine fits snuggly in the cop and doesn't have a problem. I've been thinking about shovel greaves, though, and how that would interace with the brace. I think you'd just want to fan out the top a little bit and it would slide right o...
- Mon May 12, 2008 7:54 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Field Chair made with 2x10's?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 649
- Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:03 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: No more bullshit.
- Replies: 110
- Views: 6324
Thank you, gentlemen, for making up my mind. During my downtime, I've decided to start the slow rebuild of my kit. I'm almost, but not quite, starting back at square one. I've been stuck at the crossroads of pure sport vs pure period vs SCA safety. I adore my cheater-maille. It needs a bit of work (...
- Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:58 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What about you fighters who don't fight much?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 2770
Because of work, mostly and sometimes $$. For the past four months or so, I was working a crappy swing shift with split days off that were never weekends. Our local fighter practice is on Monday's @6pm. The Pittsburgh practice is on Sundays in the afternoon (though it's almost an hour and a half dri...
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:21 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic Calibration
- Replies: 156
- Views: 4812
she encountered an opponent who sluffed three face thrusts, each slightly harder than the last. I hate to say this, but I ran into it a lot. Most of my face thrusts are up close and personal butt spikes. I can usually see the helm move when I hit them, what with being about 5 inches from their face...
- Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:11 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: pennsic woods battle- thoughts?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 739
I enjoyed the CA part. I only got ganked by an archer once, but I got to see one archer make an 30 foot long shield wall cower whenever he nocked an arrow. Next year, if they do a woods battle with combat archery, I want to authorize in it just for that. Not to be the "oh, I'm an oh-so-cool sniper" ...
- Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:32 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic Town Battle (thoughts on it)
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1963
- Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:04 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The Castle Battle (??)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 676
- Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:21 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Lady Fighters - Pennsic Castle Battle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 705
- Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:12 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Lady Fighters - Pennsic Castle Battle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 705
- Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:13 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Lady Fighters - Pennsic Castle Battle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 705
Lady Fighters - Pennsic Castle Battle
This came across the AEfemalfighters list, for anyone who's interested. I plan on participating. :) "Her Sylvan Highness, Morgen, Princess of Aethelmearc, invites all women of arms to join her on the field for the Castle battle. It is Her Highness' wish to assemble a unit of rattan fighting women to...
- Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:06 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: SCA padding
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1556
For the lazier among us: Does anyone sell a good period liner? I just finished a Valsgarde 6 helm kit and I'm having a devil of a time padding it to where it looks good. I hate blue foam and will go in search of kayak foam this weekend, but I'd rather have a nice, washable liner. (even better, I'm i...
- Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:26 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: There is going to be a Fight For Kids at Pennsic 2007
- Replies: 14
- Views: 323
I guess I'm the Champion for the Wounded Soldier's Family I'll be championing the American Cancer Society. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer over about a year and a half ago. She's pretty much beaten it, but I couldn't believe the physical cost. I figure that 1000 bouts for ACS is a small tit...
- Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:02 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: OK so I'm going to Pennsic for the first time
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1011
- Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:59 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: There is going to be a Fight For Kids at Pennsic 2007
- Replies: 14
- Views: 323
The Website will allow prospective sponsors to pledge at different levels to each individual Champion's Charity. It would be nice if each Champion had a dedicated website (a yahoo account would do) that the website could send the pledge info to. freiman What kind of information should be put up the...
- Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:42 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: New Torvaldr Gauntlets 'SOLD' more soon
- Replies: 11
- Views: 450
- Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:45 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Speeding up your progress
- Replies: 20
- Views: 593
- Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:12 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Cool Places to fight!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 932
Re: Soooo much fighting
i'll tell ya a great place to fight MILWAUKEE!!! Dudes there are pretty much 4 yes 4 fighter practices a week in the general area!!!! Tuesday in Kenosha Wednesday in Madison (i totally got my ass kicked there tonight, but even getting stomped in Armour is better than sitting on your butt at home :D...
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:54 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: maille flattening tool
- Replies: 16
- Views: 572
I use a big ol' bolt from Lowes, made the head smooth, and use that to whack on rings. You put the ring on the anvil, you put the head on the the ring, hold it straight, then whack the threaded end of the bolt with a hammer. Works pretty well for me. I tried just hitting it with a hammer, but I had ...
- Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:31 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: How much does your armour (and everything) weigh?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 2759
I'm curious enough to go weigh my helm tonight. I don't know how heavy it is, but it's heavy enough to make me tip over if I bend too much. Most people pick it up and grunt. I think it almost weighs more than my maille shirt. I guess you could say it's painfully safe. ;) I fought my last event in it...
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:52 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic Pick up etiquette?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 2409
But then the Rose Tournament happened. This is just pick-ups and pick-ups. You just walk up to someone and challange them for a rose, and if you lose you deliver a rose to their chosen person (usually their lady). That ROCKS!! Where was this? I want to fight in a rose tournament!!! It's a win-win s...
- Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:57 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic Pick up etiquette?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 2409
Wow!! Thanks for all the great ideas! I think I'll avoid the "AETHELMEARC!" <clang> one, though. Last year I didn't get to fight as much as I wanted, and spent most of the battles doing the "hurry up and wait" thing. I really want this to be an "educational" Pennsic, and the only way to do that is t...
- Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:36 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic Pick up etiquette?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 2409
Pennsic Pick up etiquette?
This about pick up fights, not Pennsic night life. ;) Last year I didn't have time to really try to do any pick-ups. So, how do you do it? I admit I'm a bit clueless. Do you just walk up to random strangers and say "Hi, wanna fight?" Is there a designated area for the random beatings of strangers li...
- Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:31 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic -- [Red List], [Blue List]?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 257
- Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:21 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: light and clean...... a disservice?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 2051
Newb's opinion here. IMHO, when you take my clean, light shot, what you're really saying to me is "Yeah, I don't think you're capable of getting in a good, hard shot, so I'll just take this one so you have a chance." Insert :x here. I'd rather lose a fight than have question in my mind as to whether...
- Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:31 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: How do you run YOUR practices?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 623
Re: not the problem
But the belief that fighting fighting fighting and "sink or swim" are the way to manage practice is what I referred to. As I mentioned, if the first couple of practices I went to had been like this, I doubt I would have come back. Significant numbers of new people who could be very good require a f...
- Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:46 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Unpadded Polearms Suck
- Replies: 152
- Views: 5792
To make a unpadded polearm that therefore mimics a "real weapons" handling characteristics only requires buying 1.5" rattan, shaving down the sides of the handle area (which also helps with flat/edge orientation), and then leaving the head unshaved. Whala! Balanced properly (i.e. head heavy), good ...
- Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:32 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What's up with the King of Meridies?
- Replies: 197
- Views: 7228
Do what you love, patronize the events that have what you love doing. Don't think of it as a reign where you can't compete to become the Rapier Champion. Think of it as an extra six months without the spotlight on fencing to become even better. If your love of this specific game is lessened by the f...